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The Kenyan government has appointed a new representative to the Republic of Somaliland and raised the diplomatic status of their office in Hargeisa. Appointment on Wednesday 04 October, the President of Kenya William Samoei Ruto has appointed Abdiweli Muhammed...

By: Staff writer The British International Investment said that the Berbera Economic Zone will indirectly create jobs for up to fifty thousand citizens. Liz Lloyd, Chief Impact Officer of British International Investment a British...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland Non-State Actors Forum (SONSAF): Invitation letter for Launching Domestic Election Observers Report-Horndiplomat Reports Invitation Dear Sir/Madam Somaliland Non-State Actors Forum (SONSAF) is pleased to invite launching domestic election observers report on November 13th, 2017 presidential elections. SONSAF was leading domestic election observers’ mission which was working...

Minister: region is ripe for investment as new government aims to rebuild infrastructure destroyed during years of war A Somaliland government minister is in the UAE to drum up investment for power projects to stabilise the self-declared state’s precarious economy where energy costs are among...

By: Staff reporter Somaliland president Muse bihi Abdi has pardoned 484 prisoners on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan. In a presidential decree, Muse Bihi Abdi ordered the state attorney general starting from Tuesday to release 484 inmates through Somaliland territories. © Horn Diplomat 2021

By Mohamed Dualeh Horn Diplomat (Hargeisa) On Nov 28, Somaliland's National Election  Commission (NEC) announced the postponement of parliamentary and local councils scheduled to take place in March 2019. Somaliland opposition parties, UCID and Waddani, criticised  Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi and the National Electoral commission for the...

The U.S. ambassador to Somalia Stephen Schwartz has resigned, citing personal reasons, the embassy confirmed Friday. An emailed statement to VOA said the ambassador resigned September 29. It provided no further details. Schwartz was sworn in as the 13th United States ambassador to Somalia in June...

By: Horndiplomat, Dpworld DP World has announced the creation of an investment platform in partnership with the UK's development finance institution and impact investor CDC Group (CDC). The platform covers a long-term investment period. DP World is contributing its stakes in three existing ports initially and...

Horndiplomat-PRAN, a leading food processor and exporter in Bangladesh, on Thursday awarded an importer of Somaliland for his outstanding contributions to popularise PRAN products in the African country. Md Eleash Mridha, director of PRAN Group, handed over the award to Mohamed Omar Abdi, proprietor of...

By: Xinhua Ethiopia received on Tuesday the donation of 520,000 masks and other medical supplies from five Chinese business companies and Dongguan municipal government. The COVID-19 medical supplies donation to Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa city administration which also includes a large number of disinfectants, forehead thermometers and...